Found 3 items, similar to Irony.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: irony ejekan
English → English (WordNet) Definition: irony irony n 1: witty language used to convey insults or scorn; “he used sarcasm to upset his opponent”; “irony is wasted on the stupid”; “Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own”--Johathan Swift [syn: sarcasm, satire, caustic remark ] 2: incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs; “the irony of Ireland's copying the nation she most hated” 3: a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs
English → English (gcide) Definition: Irony Irony \I"ron*y\, a. [From Iron.] [1913 Webster] 1. Made or consisting of iron; partaking of iron; iron; as, irony chains; irony particles; -- In this sense iron is the more common term. [R.] --Woodward. [1913 Webster +PJC] 2. Resembling iron in taste, hardness, or other physical property. [1913 Webster] Irony \I"ron*y\, n. [L. ironia, Gr. ? dissimulation, fr. ? a dissembler in speech, fr. ? to speak; perh. akin to E. word: cf. F. ironie.] [1913 Webster] 1. Dissimulation; ignorance feigned for the purpose of confounding or provoking an antagonist. [1913 Webster] 2. A sort of humor, ridicule, or light sarcasm, which adopts a mode of speech the meaning of which is contrary to the literal sense of the words. [1913 Webster]